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have a safe and happy new year across from clock tower stouffvillei 4w00copks vol7n052 i ametmland community newspaper saturdai survey of ballantrae musselman lets residents plan their future salbommarito staff reporter ballantraemusselman lake residents will have a say on how best to plan for the future of their commu nity said mayor fran sainsbury the town together with consultants is conducting a study to determine an appropriate planning strategy for the community says the mayor in a letter addressed to residents there are many important issues currently facing this community all of which must be examined in order to identify a suitable planning strategy reads the letter which was sent to residents along with a nine questionnaire the questionnaire was mailed out early in decem ber by macaulay shiomi howson ltd a townhired consultant residents are asked to complete the sur vey and return it within two weeks residents are asked to reply to questions concerning water quality sewage disposal the environment taxes and development the questionnaire also asks for personal informar tipn including age income and type of accommoda tion your response is very important to us the infor mation you provide will assist in the development of a secondary plan for the community the mayor writes please be assured that all of your answers and comments will be kept completely confidential the completed questionnaire will be reviewed only by the consultants to determine your views on how best to plan for the future of the ballantraemusselmairlake community she says in the letter a report analyzing the survey results will be pre pared and made available to the town and the public residents requiring more information are asked to contact the town planning department at 6401900 serious injury in stouffvilie accident police believe icy conditions were the cause of an early morning acci dent on highway 47 last monday which left three people injured one of them in serious condition the highway was closed for more than four hours while police investi gated the accident which occurred- about a kilometre south of blooming- ton rd a man involved in the accident was transported by ambulance to a toron- m photosal bommarfto the passenger of a honda was seriously injured in a crash on hwy 47 south of bloomington rd according to ontario provincial police the honda lost control on ice and struck a northbound truck before landing in the ditch to hospital while two others a man and a woman were treated at markhamstouffville hospital and released the accident occurred around 730 am when the driver of a southbound vehicle lost control on the ice and crossed into the opposite lane striking a northbound vehicle according to a spokesperson for the aurora opp the southbound vehicle a honda struck a dodge pickup truck on its left side sending it into the north bound ditch said const barb trapp the honda spun out of control before coming to a rest in the northbound lane police believe jacqueline burgess 23 an uxbridge resident was driving the honda when the accident occurred she sustained minor injuries in the accident william kil- roy of scarborough the passenger of the vehicle sustained serious injuries and was transferred from markharh to toronto the driver of the pickup truck 65yearold walter pugh of uxbridge was also treated for minor injuries and released police said the occupants of the honda were not wearing seatbelts when the collision occurred theyre very lucky said trapp vwjww